News on Tom Golisano

Clinton foundation donors at a glance

2010-04-16T13:47:05Z

Streisand, mall magnates, mega-geeks: A glance at some of the donors to Clinton foundation

A sampling from the eclectic group of donors to the William J. Clinton Foundation:

$10 million to $25 million:

_Stephen L. Bing, a Los Angeles entertainment producer from a wealthy George Soros and members of his family have contributed a little more than $1 million into state campaign coffers since 2000, with nearly all of it going to help Democrats in the State Senate.

Already this year, George, his son Robert, Robert’s wife, Melissa, and another son, Jonathan, contributed $199,500. George, Robert and Melissa each...

Democratic State Senate Fund-Raiser Confident Golisano Will Back Democrats

2010-04-16T16:53:40Z

Jeff Klein, the fund-raising chairman for the State Senate Democrats, isn't worried about Tom Golisano's promise to drop $5 million on this year’s legislative races without specifying which, if any, party he will favor.

Klein dismissed the idea that Golisano might target Democratic candidates, telling me in an interview, “The way you shake things up is by putting Democrats i...

Golisano and the State Senate Majority

2010-04-16T16:54:32Z

Here’s Tom Golisano, a registered Republican, being asked repeatedly by reporters in Albany yesterday if the goal of his new P.A.C. is to help Democrats take control of the State Senate, and answering repeatedly that the organization won't be about partisanship.

“I want to see the senate turn in such a way that we start accomplishing these things,” he said, referring to his e...

NY Senate Majority

2010-06-26T03:23:41Z

Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos, R-Rockville Centre, left, speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Monday, June 8, 2009. Republicans and two dissident Democrats...